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RED RANDALL AT PEARL HARBOR, Red Randall series #1.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1944.). Hardcover first edition - The first in this series of World War II aviation adventures, featuring Second Lieutenant "Red" Randall of the U.S. Army Air Corps, by the author of Dave Dawson War Adventure Series. Plain frontispiece; illustrated orange and white endpapers show a scene of planes in a dog-fight. 216 pp.
Condition: Fair condition overall in green boards with black lettering (rather severe toning to the pages, notice on title page that it was printed under wartime conditions, gift inscription in pencil dated in 1944) no dust jacket.
Book ID: 85819More details Price: $13.50 -
SUE BARTON, SUPERINTENDENT OF NURSES #5.
Edition: 2nd printing (just one year after the first).
Boston: Little Brown, 1941 dj. Hardcover - Fifth book in the Sue Barton Series - Sue and Dr Bill Barry are married and they are trying to run the little hospital in the hills of New Hampshire. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three inserted plates by Forrest W. Orr. 244 pp.
Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket (previous owner's name, some chipping and short closed tears to the dj) Uncommon in this early a printing, with the same dj art as the original.
Book ID: 63756More details Price: $60.00 -
CAPTIVES THREE: The Boys Pioneer Series #3.
Edition: Later printing.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., (1927). Hardcover - The author's third book for young adults, originally published in 1904. An adventure story of settlers and the Indians set along the Ohio River. Illustrated by Fred A. Elliott. Plain frontispiece. 249 pp.
Condition: Very good in beige cloth with a pasted on illustration of an Indian standing in a canoe on the front cover (gift inscription dated Christmas 1927). No dust jacket.
Book ID: 71762More details Price: $15.00 -
THE AUTO BOYS' QUEST. #5 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
Akron, Ohio: Saalfield Publishing Co., 1911 (c 1910). Hardcover - The fifth book in this popular adventure series which gives a good look at automobiles in the beginning of the 20th century. Illustrated by Alfred DeBebian with a frontispiece and 3 glossy internal plates. In addition to being a popular author, Braden was the advertising manager for Diamond Rubber Company, in Akron, Ohio and a founding member Association National Advertisers in 1910. 393 pp plus 3 pp advertisements.
Condition: Fair condition only in red illustrated covers with a picture of four boys in an open car (hinges cracked, approximately 1/4in missing from outer margin on front endpaper and frontispiece, rubbing and wear to the covers.)
Book ID: 85789More details Price: $16.50 -
THE KHAKI GIRLS IN VICTORY, #4 in series.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Cupples & Leon Company, (1920). Hardcover first edition - The fourth and last book in this series set during the Great War, the story of two American girls - Joan Mason, an enthusiastic motor girl, and Valerie Warde, a society debutante - who volunteered to serve in the Motor Corps (a fifth book is announced at the end of this volume, but was never published). In this book, the girls go to Paris to celebrate the end of the war. Glossy frontispiece. 212 pp.
Condition: Very good in illustrated tan cloth.
Book ID: 69417More details Price: $60.00 -
PEGGY COVERS THE NEWS.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Very good in ivory colored cloth with black and red lettering, no dust jacket (some light soiling to covers)
Book ID: 86751More details Price: $75.00 -
THE HILLTOP BOYS ON LOST ISLAND, #3 in series.
Edition: Reprint.
Cleveland, Ohio: World Publishing Co., (c 1931) dj. Hardcover - The third book in this four books series set at the Hilltop Military Academy, aka "The Academy." Frontispiece. 177 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only in a good dust jacket (toning to pages, edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 78755More details Price: $14.50 -
THE ARMY BOYS ALONG PERSHING'S TRAIL.
Edition: Later printing.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, n.d. (ca 1930, c 1919) dj. Hardcover - Adventure novel about Pershing's pursuit of Pancho Villa in Mexico in 1916-1917. 252 pp plus 10 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in brown cloth with black lettering and border on front cover (usual rather severe toning to the pages, but a tight and sturdy copy), in a good dust jacket with overall edgewear, some crinkling and staining.)
Book ID: 68171More details Price: $18.00 -
BLUE GRASS SEMINARY GIRLS IN THE MOUNTAINS or Shirley Willing on a Mission of Peace, #3 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: A. L. Burt, (1916). Hardcover - Shirley and Mabel visit their schoolmate Carrie in the Kentucky mountains, and arrive in the midst of a feud. The girls have new motorcycles, and Shirley also uses her horsemanship to warn the people when a dam breaks. Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece. 254 pp plus 2 pp. of publisher's ads at rear. All 4 titles are listed, but all were issued simultanously in 1916 as a starter set.
Condition: Good only in illustrated light blue cloth with the three girls and a driver shown in an open automobile. (some wear to the covers, corners bumped, usual toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 76124More details Price: $13.50 -
THE GIRL AVIATORS' MOTOR BUTTERFLY, #4 in series.
Edition: Reprint.
Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, (ca 1930, c 1912). Hardcover - The fourth and final book in this series featuring the adventures of "girl aviators" Peggy, Jess and Bess, and their brothers Roy and Jimsy - in this, they set off in a group of four planes to North Carolina. "The delicacy of flight suggested by the word 'butterfly,' the mechanical power implied by 'motor,' the ability to control assured by the title 'aviator,' all combined with the personality and enthusiasm of girls themselves, make this story one for any girl or other reader 'to go crazy over.'" (publisher's ad) Illustrated with a glossy frontispiece and three internal plain paper plates by Charles Wrenn. 307 pp plus 7 pp publisher's ad.
Condition: Very good in blue cloth with black and red illustrations and lettering (sunning to spine)
Book ID: 76186More details Price: $18.50 -
THE GIRL AVIATORS' SKY CRUISE, #3 in series.
Edition: Reprint.
Condition: Good overall in olive green cloth with darker green lettering and small illustration of a plane (previous owner's name, front hinge cracking, usual toning to pages)
Book ID: 83914More details Price: $18.50 -
SMILEY ADAMS.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1931). Hardcover - Smiley Adams, the captain of the football team noticed that one of the players, the district attorney's son, had disappeared between the halves in the game and he discovered that Ted had been kidnapped and was being held by a gang of racketeers. Illustrated by George Avison with a frontispiece and five internal plates on plain paper.
Condition: Very good in green cloth with black lettering and an illustration of handcuffs on the front cover. Scarecrow illustrated endpapers. No dust jacket, but the front flap is laid in (and refers to this as a 'new edition.')
Book ID: 73731More details Price: $18.00 -
DAREDEVILS OF THE AIR: Air Combat Stories #1.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 215 pp. plus 2 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good (some fading to the spine, prev owner's name, but otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 85842More details Price: $14.50 -
WING FOR WING: Air Combat Stories #3.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.) dj. Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece and three internal plates. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 212 pp. plus 5 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (usual rather severe toning to the pages, minor edgewear to the dj, front cover illustration bright and attractive)
Book ID: 67247More details Price: $25.00 -
FLYING BLACK BIRDS: Air Combat Stories #4.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1933.) dj. Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War - features ace Stormy Lake and his squadron, the Black Birds, as they take on the German 'Red Devils.' Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Lists to itself on the back cover. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 242 pp. (Lists to Ted Scott #18 on back cover, and 7 Air Combat books on rear flap)
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, some overall edgewear to the dj, tears at top of dj spine, tape on dj, etc.)
Book ID: 67277More details Price: $21.50 -
FOUR ACES: Air Combat Stories #2.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece. Bound in lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, tinting to the top edge. 216 pp. plus 2 pp publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall (darkening to the spine, usual toning to pages, some wear to covers but a tight copy), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 85849More details Price: $14.50 -
REX LEE ACE OF THE AIR MAIL. #5 in series.
Edition: Early printing.
Condition: Very good condition in illustrated olive green boards, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 74953More details Price: $15.00 -
RUSS FARRELL, CIRCUS FLYER, #2.
Edition: First thus - motion picture edition.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1928. Hardcover - Russ joins an army sponsored flying circus intended to raise the public's awareness of aviation and he takes part in the making of a movie with an aviation background. Motion picture edition with a frontispiece photo from the film "Russ Farrell, Aviator." 222 pp.
Condition: Good overall in dark red cloth with black lettering.
Book ID: 76327More details Price: $21.50 -
DAREDEVILS OF THE AIR: Air Combat Stories #1.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece and three internal plates. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 205 pp.
Condition: Very good (some fading to the spine, prev owner's name, but otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 54114More details Price: $16.50 -
REX LEE SKY TRAILER. #4 in series.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Very good condition in illustrated olive green boards, no dust jacket (gift inscription in pencil)
Book ID: 85821More details Price: $17.50 -
RUSS FARRELL, CIRCUS FLYER.
Edition: Early printing.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1928. Hardcover - The third in the series of books featuring aviator Russ Farrell. Russ joins an army sponsored flying circus intended to raise the public's awareness of aviation and he takes part in the making of a movie with an aviation background. Frontispiece by Leslie Crump. 222 pp.
Condition: Very good in burgundy cloth with silver lettering.
Book ID: 87631More details Price: $18.50 -
WING FOR WING: Air Combat Stories #3.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1932.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War. Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Glossy frontispiece and three internal plates. Bound in bright lime green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, orange tinting to the top edge. 205 pp.
Condition: Very good (some fading to the spine, prev owner's name, toning to the pages, but otherwise tight and clean.)
Book ID: 54115More details Price: $12.50 -
REX LEE, TRAILING BANDITS #10 in series.
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Good condition in illustrated olive green boards, no dust jacket, name in pencil.
Book ID: 85820More details Price: $15.00 -
FLYING BLACK BIRDS: Air Combat Stories #4.
Edition: 1940s printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1933.). Hardcover - Air adventure story set during the Great War - features ace Stormy Lake and his squadron, the Black Birds, as they take on the German 'Red Devils.' Illustrated by J. Clemens Greta. Bound in green cloth with dark blue lettering and plane, orange and while illustrated endpapers, tinting to the top edge. 242 pp. Produced under wartime conditions notice on title page.
Condition: Fair condition only - some rubbing and wear to edges of boards, rather severe toning to pages, corners bumped, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 85843More details Price: $14.50 -
FLYING BLOOD.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Fiction League, 1932. Hardcover first edition - Although Burtis is probably best known for his aviation adventure series for young adults featuring Rex Lee, this is a mystery novel set in the world of horse racing. Although this features ex-Army flyer George Groody and his aerial circus, gangsters are trying to prevent the favorite from racing. 287 pp. plus 13 pp. of publisher's ads.
Condition: Good overall in gray cloth boards - some wear to the covers, a bit of fraying to the top of the spine, slight spine slant, but overall a tight and clean copy. No dust jacket.
Book ID: 77699More details Price: $20.00 -
THE RIDDLE OF THE STONE ELEPHANT: A Ken Holt Mystery #2.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1949). dj. Hardcover - 1950s edition with beige tweed boards with dark green lettering and small illustration, dark green scenic endpapers. Dustjacket has wraparound illustration on spine. Front flap and list in front of book includes 16 titles. Illustrated. 213 pp.
Condition: Very good in fair dust jacket (very slight spine slant, previous owner's name, tears along front cover close to flap)
Book ID: 81382More details Price: $21.50 -
THE RIDDLE OF THE STONE ELEPHANT: A Ken Holt Mystery #2.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1949). Hardcover - 1950s edition with beige tweed boards with dark green lettering and small illustration, dark green scenic endpapers. Illustrated. Lists to #13 at front of book. 213 pp.
Condition: Good only (peeled spot in upper corner of front cover, corners bumped, etc)
Book ID: 63636More details Price: $12.50 -
THE BLACK THUMB MYSTERY: A Ken Holt Mystery #3.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1950). Hardcover - Bound in beige tweed boards with dark green lettering and small illustration, dark green scenic endpapers. Illustrated. 216 pp.
Condition: Good overall (corners bumped, no dj)
Book ID: 63637More details Price: $12.50 -
THE RIDDLE OF THE STONE ELEPHANT: A Ken Holt Mystery #2.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1949). Hardcover - 1950s edition with dark green scenic endpapers. Illustrated. Lists to #7 at front of book. 213 pp.
Condition: Very good in beige tweed boards with dark green lettering and small illustration
Book ID: 83947More details Price: $13.50 -
THE CLUE OF THE COILED COBRA: A Ken Holt Mystery #5.
Edition: Early printing.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (1951). dj. Hardcover - Ken and Sandy are driving home after covering a dog show for the Brentwood Weekly Advance. At a bus stop restaurant they offer a hitch-hiker a lift - who later turns out to be wanted for a payroll robbery. 1950s edition with beige tweed boards with dark green lettering and small illustration, dark green scenic lightning endpapers. Lists to #6 in book and on front dust jacket flap. Dustjacket has wraparound illustration on spine. . Illustrated. 214 pp.
Condition: Very good in a good only dust jacket with creasing and chipping to the upper edge of the back cover, some wear to the folds, corners and ends of the spine.
Book ID: 69647More details Price: $25.00